Top 20 Trending Topics of 2009
We decided to scour our Trending Topics
archive for the year to see what caused the biggest
hourly peaks on Twitter. You probably imagine who comes in first
place, so let's do it countdown-style:
20. Billy Mays
The infomercial king died on June 28th. The hourly
peak was
5.85%. He was one of the many celebrities
whose death was big on Twitter.
See chart
- Wikipedia
- CNN's story
16. Brittany Murphy
Her untimely death reached a peak of
8.01% on December 20th.
See chart
- TMZ
- Wikipedia
12. aplusk
Actor
Ashton Kutcher beat CNN to be the first Twitter user with one million
followers. As he reached the milestone on April 17th,
8.5% of the tweets mentioned his username.
See chart
- aplusk's twitter page
- Mashable's story
11. Patrick Swayze
Twitter lamented the passing of the "Dirty Dancing"
and "Point Break" actor on September 14th. The peak was
9.67%
See chart
- Wikipedia
- CNN's story
10. Happy Easter
9.78% of Twitter users shared
their Easter salutation with their followers.
See chart
7. Jonas Brothers
Teenagers showed their strong presence on Twitter
when the pop rock boy band had
12% of Twitter's
attention during their livecast on August 22nd.
See chart
- JuniorCelebs
- Wikipedia
6. Thanksgiving
The
holiday got
12.1% of Twitter mentions, along with
other words such as turkey and full.
See chart
- Wikipedia
5. Demi Lovato
The singer and actress showed the presence of her
age group once again with
12.6% of the tweets
mentioned her name during her live chat on April 14th.
See chart
- Wikipedia
4. Balloon
The
"Balloon Boy" saga unfolded in real-time on Twitter, where it received
12.8% of the mentions on October 15th.
See chart
- Wikipedia
- CNN's story
3. Oscars
The
award ceremony attracted the interest of
13% of the
Twitter community on February 23rd.
See chart
- Wikipedia
2. Kanye
His
shenanigans during MTV's Video Music Awards sparked passionate
comments everywhere. On Twitter he had a peak of
14.3% hourly mentions on September 13th. Luckily,
he's going to let us finish.
See chart
- Wikipedia
- Video on iViewTube
1. Michael
Jackson
The King of Pop's death on June 25th caused a
traffic spike on most news sites. An astonishing
22.6% of Twitter mentioned the passing of one of the
most successful entertainers in history. For children born after 2000
this may be the most memorable news story in their lives so far.
See chart
- Wikipedia
- TMZ's report
- CNN's story
